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(ModeL) W. L; BARNES SHIELD AND BINDER FOB BRUSHES. No. 355,120. Patented D50. 28, 1886.

u, PETERS. Phnlo-Liihognpher, nnnnnn nnnnnn c NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM L. BARNES, OF YONKERS, ASSIGNOR OF THREE-FOURTHS T O THOMAS GEREHART, ALLEN S. GOOKIN, AND E. F. J. GAYNOR, ALL

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHIELD AND BINDER FOR BRUSHES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 355,120, dated December 28, 1886.

Application filed October 22, 1885. Serial No. 180,625.

(Model) T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM L. BARNES, of Yonkers, in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Brush- Bridles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,

lVIy invention relates to those devices which are employed to shield and bind brushes, par-- ticularly paintbrushes, both before and during use; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Heretofore, so far as I am aware, brushbridles have been formed of rubber, which could be turned up as the brush was worn away, or of thin metal bands or cylinders, adjust-ably attached to the stock or handle of the brush by means of slides, springs, pins, screws, Ste.

The object of the present invention is to produce a' bridle, which shall have the simplicity of the rubber bridles, while possessing even greater durability and effectiveness than the ordinary metal bridles.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a side view of auordinary paint-brush with my improved bridle applied thereto. Fig. 2 represents on a larger scale an elevation and a plan view of one part, and Fig. 3 represents like views of the other part of my improved bridle.

The bridle may be made of sheet metalsuch as zinc orotherlike material-and consists, as shown, of two telescopic sections. The shield or upper section, a, is of size and shape to fit snugly around the stock of the brush, and to proj eet for a portion of its length below the stock. The lower edge is turned in to form a narrow flange, e, and two lugs. or projections, d, of size and thickness relative to the shield and its flange, as indicated in Fig. 2, are soldered or otherwise secured to the inner walls of the shield, near its lower edge, and diametrically opposite. each other.

The binder or lower section, b, is of a size to fit and slide ortelescope within the upper section, and is formed with a finished lower edge, f. The upper edge is turned out to form a narrow flange, g, to rest upon the flange e or lugs d of the upper section when the parts are assembled. Notches h are cut in the flange g to receive the lugs d.

To assemble the parts, the section b is dropped within the section a, and both together are slipped over the bristles and stock, and the section a is secured to the stock by small tacks c.

When first putinto use the bridle is atits full length, as in Fig. 1, the lower section, I), being held in place by the outer flange, g, resting upon the inner flange, e, the lugs d entering the notches it. comes worn sufflciently to render a shorter binding necessary, the lower sect-i on is pressed into the upper section until the flange gpasses the lugs (I, when it is given a quarter-turn, and is maintained in its retracted position by the flange g, resting on the lugs cl.

My improved bridle above described is not liable to become out or torn or deteriorated by the action of oils, 850., as arebridles of rubber. It presents a smooth surface, whereby it is easily kept clean, and it has no screws, clamps, nor guides to become clogged, broken, or lost. It permits free play of the bristles down to the stock, and at the same time so effectively protects and preserves them that when the brush is worn close and the bridle is removed to another brush (which may be readily done) the old brush can be continued in use for a'considerable length of time. This bridle is, moreover, inexpensive in construction, being readily spun or struck up from sheet metal, or formed in any other desired way.

It is obvious that the material of which the attachment may be made and that the number of telescoping sections and of the supporting-lugs, as well as the shape of the sections, may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention. v

I do not claim the telescopic drinking-cup shown in United StatesLetters Patent No. 28,597, nor the combination, with a brush or When the brush be- English Patent No. 1,876 of 1881.

I claim I 1. The combination, in a brush-bridle, of a shield-section, a, adapted, as described, to be secured to the stock of a brush,with a bindersection, b, telescoping within said shield-section, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a brushbridle, of a shield-section, a, adapted, as described, to be secured to the stock of a brush, and formed with the inner flange, 6, with a binder-section, b, having the outer flange, g, telescoping.

within said shield'section, and means, as described, to retain said binder-section in a retracted position, substantially as described.

3. The brush-bridle consisting of a section, a, adapted, as described, to be secured to the stock of a brush andhaving the inner flange, e, and lugs d, and a section, b, having the outer flange, g, with notches h, substantially as described.

'WILLIAM L. BARNES.

Witnesses:

THOMAS GEREHART, JOHN J. FAY. 

